November 10, 2017: Professor Ye visited the Department of Geological Science at the University of Alabama, and gave a talk entitled "Groundwater Sensitivity Analysis under Model and Scenario Uncertainty: Not to Look for Keys under the Lamppost". Presentation Slides

November 8, 2017: Hongzhuan defended his master thesis entitled "Estimation of Nitrogen Load from Septic Systems to Surface Waterbodies in Indian River County, FL." Congratulations, Hongzhuan! Defense Picture

April 8, 2015: Dr. Ye received the Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), "For pioneering contributions in uncertainty identification and quantification for groundwater flow and solute transport modeling in saturated and unsaturated porous and fractured media." The Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prizes are awarded to members of the American Society of Civil Engineers, in any grade, for notable achievements in research related to Civil Engineering. Preference is given to younger members (generally under 40 years of age) with notable accomplishments who can be expected to continue fruitful careers in research.

February 18, 2015. Saeedeh Samani from the University of Tabriz, Iran, joined us as a visiting scho
lar. She worked on identification of model complexity of groundwater reactive transport modeling.

November 5, 2014: Heng Dai defended his dissertation. He is now working as a post-doc at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

July 28, 2014: Dr. Xuehang Song joined our group as a post-doc working on the DOE project on uncertainty quantification. Xuehang's Profile

June 24, 2014: PBS/NOVA program filmed our laboratory experiment on sinkhole development and collapse.

June 23, 2014: Dr. Mohmmad Sayemuzzaman joined our group as a post-doc working on the FDEP project on nitrogen transport modeling. Sayem's Profile

March 7, 2014: Dr. Ye received the FSU 2014 Developing Scholar Award given to mid-career, associate professor level faculty to support their research programs.

February 18, 2014: Dr. Yan Zhu joined our group as a post-doc working on the FDEP project on nitrate transport modeling. Yan's Profile

February 17, 2014: Dr. Dangliang Wang joined our group as a visiting scholar working on experimental study of sinkhole development and collapse. Dangliang's Profile

February 14, 2014: Dr. Ye gave a presentation in the School of Geosciences at the University of Sourth Florida on our research of quantification of model uncertainty for groundwater reactive transport modeling.

February 12, 2014: Dr. Ye gave a presentation at the St. Lucie River and Estuay Basin Management Action Plan Technical Meeting to present our nitrogen load modeling conducted for the City of Port Lucie, City of Stuart, and Martin County.

February 5, 2014: Dr. Ye was appointed as a member of the Uncertainty Analysis Technical Advisory Committee of the American Geophysical Union.

January 20, 2014: Dr. Peigui Liu left our group and returned to the Hefei University of Science and Technology.

December 9, 2013: Dr. Ye gave a presentation at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on our research of developing a Bayesian framework for uncertainty quantification.

December 9-13, 2013: Our group attended the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union and gave six oral/poster presentations.

November 30, 2013: Dr. Dongwei Gui left our group and returned to the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography.

October 1, 2013: Dr. Huaiwei Sun left our group and returned to the Huazhong University of Science and Technology as a lecture.

September 29, 2013: Dr. Xiankui Zeng from the Nanjing University joined our group to conduct research on uncertainty quantification.

Septemner 6, 2013: Xiaohu Tao from the Hohai University joined our group to conduct research on groundwater modeling in Karst media.

August 20 - September 16, 2013: Professor Liangsheng Shi from Wuhan University, China, visited us to conduct collaborative research on nitrogen modeling.

August 14, 2013: Roger Benito Pacheco Castro, a Fulbright Scholar from Mexico, joined our group for groundwater modeling in Karst media.

July 6, 2013: Dr. Peigui Liu from the Hefei University of Science and Technology joined our group as a visiting scholar to conduct research on uncertainty quantification.

May 13, 2013: Dr. Dongwei Gui from the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography joined our group to work on uncertainty quantification.

January 7, 2013: Dr. Ye was appointed as a member of the Groundwater Technical Advisory Committee of the American Geophysical Union.

November 4-7, 2012: Our group attended the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America in Charlotte; Dr. Ye chaired a session on Groundwater Model Calibration and Uncertainty Analysis.

March 29, 2012: Dan Lu defended her dissertation entitled "Assessment of Parametric and Model Uncertainty in Groundwater Modeling". Congratulations, Dan! Dan will work as a post-doc under joint supervision of
Dr. Ye and Dr. Gary Curtis at the U.S. Geological Survey.

March 28, 2012: Dan Lu received the Student Travel Fellowship to the annual PI meeting of the Subsurface Biogeochemical Research Program of the Department of Energy.

January 11, 2012: Dr. Xiaoqing Shi left our group and returned to Nanjing University, China.

December 5-9, 2011: Our group gave five presentations at the 2011 Fall Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union.

December 9, 2010, Our group (Fernando, Liying, and Ming) had a field trip to the Julington Creek and Eggleston Height neighborhoods in Jacksonville, FL for the nitrate transport project ( Jacksonville Field Trip) and gave a presentation to the City of Jacksonville ( Presentation Slides)

April 28, 2010: Fernando Rios presented at the 2010 ESRI Southwest Regional User Group Conference his research on develoloping an ArcGIS extension for modeling nitrate fate and transport from septic tanks to surface water body. Presentation Slides

April 5, 2010: Dr. Liying Wang joined our group as a post-doc working on a NSF-funded project for three years. Liying's Profile

January 15, 2010: Dr. Ye gave a talk at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the University of California, Berkeley.

January 7, 2010: We hosted the 2010 Darcy Lecture at FSU given by Dr. Scheibe. Seminar Flyer

October 30, 2009: Our group (Rios, Fernandes, and Ye) gave a presentation at
at the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) on nitrate transport modeling. Presentation Slides

October 19, 2009: Hailin Deng defended his doctoral dissertation. He will work as a post-doc researcher with Drs. Phil Stauffer and Zhenxue Dai at the Los Alamost National Laboratory starting in December. Hailin's Defense Pictures

October 19, 2009: Dr. Dai from the Los Alamos National Laboratory visited our group
and gave a seminar. Seminar Flyer

October 13, 2009: Dr. Ye gave an invited talk
at the ISCMEM worksop held at th eU.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Meeting Flyer